The great William Gibson has written a new novel and you can bet on people asking him all sorts of questions about it. It includes spoilers about the new book though, so be aware.I’m inclined to think that … part of what we’ve traditionally valued in certain cities actually emerged from the extent to which their original function was broken, so that the heyday of a certain kind of bohemian party existence in Manhattan or London was predicated on each of those places being almost in ruins and uninhabitable by the more discerning. So that they could, in fact, fill up with talented young people, and become fantastic generators of innovation. And it looks to me that the problem is, when you finish them, if you gentrify every last bit, it kills it. It kills something, I suspect.

Our love for The Martian couldn’t be more clear, so no wonder we want to share this interview with Andy Weir. He talks about the upcoming adaptation, in which he was somewhat involved. Here’s to hoping it will turn out all right.I haven’t spoken to Ridley Scott at all. I advise Drew from time to time when he has technical questions about some of the science in the story. And the producer Aditya Sood keeps me up to date on how things are moving along. But for the most part, I’m just a spectator eagerly hoping everything comes together.

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